In Brief

Period covered by this update: 27 November 2006 to 26 February 2007. History of this Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF)-funded operation:

CHF 145,912 allocated from the Federation's

In Brief

This DREF Bulletin is being issued based on the situation described below reflecting the information available at this time. CHF 169,213 (USD 138,699 or EUR 105,265) was allocated from the Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 21 December 2006 to respond to the needs in this operation.

This operation is expected to be implemented

In Brief

This DREF Bulletin is being issued based on the situation described below reflecting the information available at this time. CHF 145,912 (USD 120,888 or EUR 91,711) has been allocated from the Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to assist some 5,855 beneficiaries and to replenish disaster preparedness stocks distributed

BRAZZAVILLE, 27 November (IRIN) - Aid has begun to trickle in to help some of the 5,000 flood victims in Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of the Congo, according to a local official of an American aid body.

The International Partnerships for Human Development (IPHD) on Saturday began distributing rice, foam mats, mosquito nets, buckets, torches, blankets, washing powder and school books to 2,800 people, from the US$66,000 provided by the US embassy and the oil giant Chevron Texaco.

BRAZZAVILLE, 17 November (IRIN) - Six people have died and at least 5,000 others rendered homeless by heavy rains that have caused extensive flooding in Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo.

The rains have continued non-stop for the past three days, sweeping away houses and causing massive population displacement, a government official said on Friday on national radio.

The deaths occurred in the past two weeks after landslides in Brazzaville's southwestern neighbourhood of Kinsoundi,